Stupid Is As Stupid Says...

ON LOGIC, ILLOGICAL
"He might’ve won the war, but the battle’s not over."

--football player Cadillac Williams, on his friendly competition with Auburn teammate Ronnie Brown (who was picked three spots higher than Williams in the 2005 NFL Draft)

ON MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT BASIC ENGLISH PLANNING INSTEAD
"Mathematics Planning For Forth Grade."

--title of a New York City Department of Education preparatory guide

ON CIVILIANS, INHUMAN
"We think it’s important that, in doing that, they try to limit as much as possible the so-called collateral damage, not only on civilians but also on human lives."

--White House spokesperson Tony Snow

ON CLARIFICATIONS, NOT VERY CLARIFYING
"I didn’t say “assassination.” I said our Special Forces should “take him out.”"

--Pat Robertson, defending himself against charges that he had called for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez

ON NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB

People magazine: Who was president during the U.S. Civil War?

Rocker Tommy Lee: Ummm, Winston Churchill? I wasn’t around then, so who cares?

People: Who invented the polio vaccine?

Lee: Wow. George Bush?

--rocker Tommy Lee, who was starring in the reality show Tommy Lee Goes to College, answering questions that tested his knowledge